Jane Keenan

Experience

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  Kent County Council

  Dec 1988 - Apr 1991

  Working with kids in, or on the brink of, the juvenile justice system, mostly living with their families. Privilege, opportunity... loved it!

  • Volunteer to UQ Social Worker

    Dec 1988 - Apr 1991

  • Voluntary then employed Youth Worker

    Dec 1988 - Apr 1991
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  The Caldecott Community

  Apr 1991 - Jan 1996

  Residential worker to Assistant Team Manager

  Therapeutic Community with kids - 90 hrs per week - INTENSE - loved it!

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  Caldecott College

  Apr 1996 - Jan 2005

  Freelance Lecturer to Senior Lecturer, to Head of College and Organisational Development

  Great learning, great opportunity for contribution, from Induction to Post Grad levels.Innovation. Excellence. Academic and NVQ courses; in partnership with University of Greenwich and City & Guilds.External consultancy and services to fostering and residential orgs; local authority and independent, including first Secure Training Centre in UK.Loved it :)

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  By the Bridge Fostering

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Senior Manager (Research, Training, QA, Panel)

  Innovation. Pursuit of excellence. Loved it!

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  Kent County Council

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  Foster Parent

  Learning... privilege... challenge... hope... emotional... loved it.

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  Diverse Care Fostering, and The Hazel Project

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2021

  Senior Manager to Director

  Diverse Care Fostering partnered with Xcel 2000 Fostering in August 2019, to form The Hazel Project.Growth, innovation, quality, research partnership with University of Oxford, COVID - adaptation; focus through adversity on those we serve; achievement. Initially half time for a year whilst studying full time. Loved it!

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  Kids in Care... How Can I Help?

  Jan 2022 - now

  Founder, and author of book of the same name

  What I've always loved about the work is that it is difficult; it has complexity, and the joy and rewards come from engaging with that, to figure it out and find a way through. Offering hope, aspiration and help to develop organisations that exist to serve those kids.